| dc.description.abstract | This research trying to describe the history, thought and political power
of Javanese ethnic identity in North Sumatra. The arrival of the Javanese formerly
as worker contracting tobacco plantations in North Sumatera, gradually became
an identity. The implementation of regional autonomy by the central government
gives the widest place to certain ethnic groups to show identity, especially in
North Sumatera. By looking at this problem, the researcher will looking the
answer of the history, thought, political strength that have done by Javanese ethnic
in political identity in North Sumatera. The theory of identity politics and the
concept of ethnicity used to explain the problem.
The method used in this study is interviews as the main technique of
data collection. This study relies on the results of the analysis of interview data
obtained and relevance to the theory used. Ethnicity is in fact used for political
and ethnic purposes, because both are legitimacy for obtaining identity. Then the
Javanese ethnic in the election that calculated by many parties, especially the
candidates who will advance in North Sumatra. | en_US |
